Chinese Government Scholarship Program

Chinese Government Scholarship Program (CGSP) 2011-12 Higher Education Commission of Pakistan has received Chinese Government Scholarship offer for the Academic Session 2011-12. The details are as under: SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED : Exchange Scholarships Chinese Government Unilateral Scholarships Asia Scholarships SELECTION OF UNIVERSITY/INSTITUTE AND STUDY PROGRAMS: The choice of discipline and level of study is open, preferential university to be selected from directory of the Chinese Institutions admitting International students under CGSP available at www.csc.edu.cn . Or click here to visit directly. CATEGORIES OF APPLICANTS AND DURATION OF SCHOLARSHIP: Study Program Duration of Program (academic year) Duration of Preparatory Chinese Language Courses (academic year) Duration of Scholarship (academic year) Bachelor’s degree 4-5 1-2 4-7 Master’s degree 2-3 1-2 2-5 Doctoral degree 3-4 1-2 3-6 Chinese language training 1-2 None Up to 2 General scholar 1 1 Up to 2 Senior scholar 1 1 Up to 2 According to the regulations stipulated by Ministry of education (MOE), all undergraduate programs for international students are instructed in Chinese. Applicants with no command of Chinese are required to take the college preparatory courses for one to two years before pursuing major studies. And only by passing the examinations of the college preparatory courses could they start their university studies. Certain Chinese HEIs conduct some postgraduate programs and non-degree courses for general and senior scholars in English (details are mentioned in this page). Scholarship students should complete their study within the set time; duration for scholarship specified in the Admission Notice cannot be extended in principle. CRITERIA & ELIGIBILITY: Following eligibility criteria is set as mentioned against each program:-  PhD Programs: Applicants must have MS / M. Phil (18 years of education) and be under the age of 40. The applicants must have obtained 50 or above marks (Accumulative Test Score) in the GAT-Subjective test valid from March 5, 2010.  MASTER PROGRAMS: Applicants for master’s degree program must have four years Bachelor’s degree or MA / MSc (16 years of education) with first division and be under the age of 35. The applicants must have obtained 50 or above marks (Accumulative Test Score) in the GAT-General test valid from March 5, 2010. UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS: - Applicants for undergraduate program must have Higher Secondary School Certificate / A Level or equivalent with first division and be under the age of 25. The applicants must have obtained 50 or above marks (Accumulative Test Score) in the National Aptitude Test (NAT) valid fromMarch 5, 2010. CHINESE LANGUAGE TRAINING:- Applicants for Chinese language training program must have Higher Secondary School Certificate / A Level or equivalent and beunder the age of 35.  SENIOR SCHOLAR PROGRAM: Applicants for senior scholar program must have MS / M Phil (18 years of education) degree or above, or hold academic titles of associate professor or above OTHER REQUIREMENTS: - Applicants must be non-Chinese citizens and be in good health. The applicant should be a Pakistani/AJK national. The applicants who are already availing any other scholarship are not eligible to apply. The applicants must have acquired the requisite qualification on or before 5th March, 2012. Applicants having third division in their academic career are not eligible. VALUES OF SCHOLARSHIP Full Scholarship Exempt from registration fee, tuition fee, fee for laboratory experiment, fee for internship, fee for basic learning materials; and accommodation fee for dormitory on campus; Living allowance; One-off settlement subsidy after registration for new student; Fee for outpatient medical service, Comprehensive Medical Insurance and Protection Scheme for International Students in China; One-off inter-city travel subsidy. Note: Costs of the laboratory experiment or internship beyond the institution’s arrangements should be self-afforded.    Fee for basic learning materials only covers the necessary learning materials prescribed by the host institution .Other textbooks and materials shall be self-afforded.    Monthly allowance is granted to the students through the host institution at the following rates (CNY Yuan per month): Undergraduates & Chinese language students: CNY 1,400 Yuan Master’s degree students & general scholars: CNY 1,700 Yuan Doctoral degree students & senior scholars: CNY 2,000 Yuan Scholarship students shall receive their monthly living allowance after registration. New students who register before 15th (15th included) of the registration month will get the full amount of living allowance of that month, and those who register after 15th will get half amount of that month. Students upon graduation will get a living allowance for another 15 days after the graduation date set by the university. The allowance will be terminated from the following month after the students suspend their studies, drop school or complete schooling from the university. Monthly living allowance covers school holidays. Scholarship students who missed the monthly living allowance during holidays could be reimbursed upon their return on campus. The allowance will be suspended for at least one month for those students who do not register on time without permission from the university, leave for non-health reasons or are absent from university over a month. Note: International travel expense shall be borned by the students themselves. Students who have to suspend their studies for pregnancy or for health reasons are required to go back to their home countries for labor or for treatment. The international travel expenses should be covered by the students themselves. With the university’s approval, the scholarship status can be reserved for up to one year and their living allowances will be suspended during their leave. The scholarship status will not be reserved for those who suspend their studies for other reasons. 4.    New students will get a one-off settlement subsidy upon their arrival in China. CNY 1,000 Yuan for new students who will study in China for less than one academic year CNY 1,500 Yuan for new students who will study in China for one academic year and above. 5.   Fee for casualty medical service refers to the outpatient expense in the institution’s hospital or the hospitals entrusted by the institution. The students are to cover a certain percentage of expense in accordance with the institution’s regulations. 6.  Comprehensive Medical Insurance and Protection Scheme for International Students in China are provided by MOE for the scholarship students in China in case of hospitalizing for serious diseases and accidental injuries. The institutions or the entrusted medical assistance agencies provide advancement service for insurance expenses, and claim for compensation with relevant payment receipts from the insurance company according to the stipulated insurance articles. For scholarship student, the individual claim will not be accepted by the insurance company. 7.    One-off inter-city travel subsidy (each for coming-in and leaving China): A hard-seat train ticket (hard-berth train ticket for overnight trip) will be provided for scholarship students traveling. From the port of entry upon registration to the city where the admitting institution or Chinese language training institution or preparatory education institution is located; From the Chinese language training institution or the preparatory education institution to the city where the University for Major Study is located; From the city where the institution is located to the nearest port for departure upon graduation. Meal and excess of baggage should be self-afforded. 8.   In principle, the port of entry is Beijing, or a port of entry near where the university is located. Partial scholarship : - One or several items of full scholarship (one-off inter-city travel allowance excluded). APPLICATION DOCUMENTS AND PROCEDURE : All the applicants are advised to visit CSC website. The applicants must fill online application form and provide the following documents truly, correctly and completely (in duplicate). Application form for CGS (Filled in English or Chinese language only) Applicants are required to fill and properly submit CSC ONLINE APPLICATION FORM from http://laihua.csc.edu.cn   (Click here to see the procedure of filling the online application form). While filling the CSC Online application form select Chinese Government Scholarship and give AGENCY NO. 5861. It is the most important part of the scholarship scheme, as it is different for each scheme. So, if it is not filled properly, then your scholarship application will be rejected. Take out two prints of it and attach following documents with each copy of application form: CSC Online Application form in duplicate Recommendation letter in duplicate Certificates and Merits in duplicate Health certificates with blood test issued by Govt. hospital in duplicate (Foreigner physical examination form) GAT/NAT Score (whichever is applicable) Copies of Research proposals/plans. All other relevant documents. Deposit an amount of Rs. 300/- (non-refundable), in favor of HEC. Attach portion of payment receipt (in original) along with HEC application form only All payments are to be made to HEC through HBL online facility. This facility is available in all branches of Habib Bank Ltd. A separate bank Account No. 17427900133401 is being maintained for the purpose. No payment should be made through banker’s cheque. After making two sets of CSC Online Application form. Download  and fill HEC Application form   All these three application forms (two CSC online application forms and 1 HEC application form) must not be attached and kept separately. The documents must be attached properly and each application form should be in separate envelop. Any document, mentioned above, found missing in any application shall not be entertained/ rejected. All photocopies of the Academic documents (transcripts, mark sheets, certificates, degrees) must be notarized from the court / Kachehri of applicant‘s district.  Documents in languages other than Chinese or English must be translated in English or Chinese. Documents in languages other than Chinese or English must be attached with notarized translations in Chinese or English. A study or research plan. All applicants are required to submit a study or research plan. It must be in Chinese or in English. Applicants for music studies are requested to submit a CD of the applicants’ own works. Applicants for fine arts programs must submit a CD of the applicants’ own works (including two sketches, two color paintings and two other works). Applicants under the age of 18 should submit the legal documents of their legal guardians in China. Photocopy of Foreigner Physical Examination Form (the original copy should be kept by the applicant. The form printed by Chinese quarantine authority could be downloaded from http://www.csc.edu.cn). The medical examinations must cover all the items listed in the Foreigner Physical Examination Form. Incomplete records or those without the signature of the attending physician, the official stamp of the hospital or a sealed photograph of the applicants are invalid. Please select the appropriate time to take medical examination as it is valid for only 6 months. WHERE TO SEND APPLICATIONS: Send duly completed application package to the address mentioned below before 5th March, 2012:          Asif Kaleem Malik Project Manager (FFSP/CGSP)              HRD Division    Higher Education Commission                Islamabad IMPORTANT NOTE:  CSC China will asses and finally select the applicants nominated / forwarded by HEC. CSC will send admission notice and Vis application form for study in China (JW201) to the finally selected HEC is only facilitating in the processing of this scholarship scheme. Therefore, HEC has no financial liability in this regard. Sign

Last updated on 1/31/2012 12:38 PM

PRIVATE SCHEDULED BANKS IN PAKISTAN

Personal Banking - Standard Chartered Bank Pakistan  

Description: Standard Chartered Bank provides personal and business banking services in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, UK, Europe and the America - Your right partner for banking. 

United Bank Limited Pakistan  

Description: With over 1400 domestic branches all over Pakistan and 19 overseas branches UBL is one of the largest banks in Pakistan. 

MCB Bank  

Description: MCB is one of the leading banks of Pakistan with a deposit base of about Rs. 280 billion and total assets of around Rs.300 billion. The Bank has a customer base of approximately 4 million, a nationwide distribution network of over 1,000 branches and over 450 ATMs in the market. 

Allied Bank Limited  

Description: Established in Lahore in 1942 before independence, Allied Bank Limited is one of the largest bank in Pakistan with more than 700 Branches connected to an online network. In August 2004 the Bank was restructured and the ownership was transferred to Ibrahim Group. 

Habib Metropolitan Bank  

Description: Habib Metropolitan Bank Pakistan is a private bank operating in all major cities of Pakistan with primary focus on retail banking and trade finance. 

Bank Alfalah Limited  

Description: Bank Alfalah Limited was incorporated on June 21st, 1992 as a public limited company under the Companies Ordinance 1984. The Bank is currently operating through 195 branches in 74 cities, with the registered office at B.A.Building, I.I.Chundrigar, Karachi. 

Bank AL Habib  

Description: Presently, the Bank has a network of Two Hundred And Fifty Four branches in all the major cities of Pakistan and abroad fully automated and computerized and providing wide range of banking services. 

Askari Bank  

Description: Established in 1992, Askari is backed by the Pakistan Army Welfare Trust. 

HBL  

Description: HBL has the largest domestic branch network with over 1,400 branches and is present in 25 countries. 

HSBC Bank Middle East Limited - Pakistan  

Description: HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world. HSBC's international network comprises over 9,500 offices in 85 countries and territories in Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa. 

RBS The Royal Bank of Scotland - Pakistan  

Description: Personal banking, wealth management, credit cards, loans, investments, insurance, NRI and commercial banking services from RBS Pakistan. 

Faysal Bank  

Description: 

KASB Bank Limited  

Description: KASB Bank through its network of 73 branches in 21 major cities of Pakistan offers unique and innovative financial solutions to a large portfolio of investment, corporate and consumer banking customers. The Bank has been assigned medium to long term entity rating by PACRA of A (Single A) and short term rating of A1 (Single A One). 

NIB Bank  

Description: The 7th largest bank in Pakistan branch wise, NIB bank provides services to more than 675,000 customers through a wide branch network of 224 branches. It is one of the fastest growing banks in Pakistan. 

Arif Habib Bank Ltd  

Description: AHBL is one of the fastest growing Commercial Banks of the country supported by the strong sponsorship of Arif Habib Group. The Bank has an Authorized Share Capital of 6.0 Billion and Paid-up Share Capital of 5.0 Billion. The Bank has a network of 38 Branches/Sub Branches. The branch network covers Sindh, Punjab, NWFP, Balochistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir. The Bank plans to open further offices to better cover all four provinces within a short time span. 

JS Bank Limited  

Description: JS Bank Limited is a subsidiary of the JS Group, which is one of Pakistan’s most diversified and progressive financial service groups. Presently JS Bank has laid its footprint across metropolises of Pakistan with plans to expand its outreach with more branches nationwide this year. 

Soneri Bank Limited  

Description: Opened doors for operations in Lahore on April 16,1992 followed by Karachi branch on May 09, 1992. The bank now operates with 131 Branches spread all over Pakistan including the Northern Areas of the country where no other private bank has ventured so far.. 

Silkbank  

Description: Silkbank stands for reliability, our institutional sponsors Nomura, IFC and Bank Muscat provide us with strong financial backing and a framework of good corporate governance, which will remain our guiding principle to cultivate trust and transparency with our customers, regulators and partners. 

Samba  

Description: Samba Bank Limited, formerly Crescent Commercial Bank Limited is a majority owned subsidiary of Samba Financial Group of Saudi Arabia. Our vision is to become a household name in Pakistan by winning customer business through high quality services and innovative products. 

The Bank of Punjab  

Description: Established in 1989, in pursuance of The Bank of Punjab Act 1989 and was given the status of scheduled bank in 1994.The Bank of Punjab is working as a scheduled commercial bank with its network of 272 branches at all major business centres in the country. The Bank provides alltypes of banking services. 

Barclays Pakistan  

Description: Barclays in the Pakistan offer a full range of banking services to individuals and corporations. 

Atlas Bank Limited  

Description: Operating through a growing network of branches across Pakistan, the entire retail network is real-time online, providing banking convenience, especially for those on the move. 

mybank  

Description: Mybank Limited was incorporated in 1992 as a Commercial bank. It operates with over 80 branches network all over Pakistan. The Paid up Capital of the Bank is PKR 5.303 billion,Equity PKR 5.069 billion,Total Assets PKR 38.756 billion. 

Citibank Pakistan  

Description: Citibank Pakistan has demonstrated its ability to identify market needs and develop products which are unique in concept and fulfill customer requirements.

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